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Personal info

Full name
CHAMBERS, James Walker
Date of birth
22 December 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Sunset, Montague County, Texas
Hometown
Sunset, Montague County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38528947
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Drusenheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
James W. Chambers (father)
Mary R. (Hammock) Chambers (mother)
William L. Chambers (brother)
Alton H. Chambers (brother)
Doris J. Chambers (sister)
Alice M. (Dennison) Chambers (wife)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com – U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / June Evelyn Davis Family Tree, http://14thad.org, 1940 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel, www.ancestry.com - Mandjlance